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Book Review
Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands
03/2012 | 1308 | 154
Pages: 203-204
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Reviewer:
Massing, Jean Michel (Massing, Jean Michel; Massing, J. M.; Massing, Jean-Michel)
Subjects
art literature:
Erasmus, Desiderius
artists:
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
dates:
1500-1699
print:
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Proverbs / Iconography / Visual sources / Flemish painting / Genre paintings / Dutch painting
subjects:
Netherlandish / Flemish / Dutch
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands | author: Gibson, Walter S.
Publication Received
Images of Erasmus
02/2009 | 1271 | 151
Pages: 112
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Reviewer:
Cornelis, Bart (Cornelis, Bart; C., B.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
places:
Rotterdam
print:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius / Exhibition catalogues / Biographies / Portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Images of Erasmus | author: Bol, Marjolijn , author: Coelen, Peter van der , author: Gaba-van Dongen, Alexandra , author: Rümelin, Christian , author: Trapman, Hans
Illustrations
Attributed works:
35. Erasmus of Rotterdam, attributed to Hans Holbein. 1523. Panel, 18.7 by 14.6 cm. (Private collection).
Short Notice
Proverbs and Process in Bruegel's 'Rabbit Hunt'
01/2003 | 1198 | 145
Pages: 30-35
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Author:
Sullivan, Margaret (Sullivan, Margaret)
Subjects
artists:
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
dates:
1500-1599
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Frits Lugt Collection, Fondation Custodia, Paris, France
places:
Netherlands / Flanders
sources:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
Flemish painting / Prints
subjects:
Literature in art
subjects:
Animals / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Rabbit hunt, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1560. Etching, 22.3 by 29.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
26. Rabbit hunt, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1560. Drawing, 21.3 by 29.6 cm. (Collection Frits Lugt, Institut Néerlandais, Paris).
Attributed works:
27. Fol. 13r of D. ERASMUS: Adagiorum epitome post novissimam D. Erasmi Roterodami exquisitam recognitionem, per Eberhardum Tappium, ad numerum adagiorum magni operis nunc primum aucta . . ., Antwerp [1553] (Rauner Rare Book Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH).
Attributed works:
28. Detail of Fides, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1559. Drawing (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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29. Detail of Fig.26.
Attributed works:
30. Detail of Fig.26, showing landscape area.
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31. Detail of Fig.25, showing landscape area.
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32. Detail of Fig.26, showing hunters and three rabbits.
Attributed works:
33. Detail of Fig.25, showing hunters and two rabbits.
Short Notice
SVA CVIQUE MIHI MEA: The Mottos in the Camerino of Gioanna da Piacenza in the Convent of San Paolo
07/1990 | 1048 | 132
Pages: 490-492
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Author:
Dempsey, Charles (Dempsey, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Correggio
buildings:
Camera di San Paolo, Convento di San Paolo, Parma, Italy
dates:
1500-1599
patrons:
Piacenza, Giovanna
places:
Italy / Parma
sources:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
Italian painting / Iconography / Inscriptions
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
40. The Device of Gioanna da Piacenza from the Intarsia Friese Made for the camerino in Her Appartments. (Convent of S. Paolo, Parma).
Western art unattributed:
41. Latin Inscription from the Intarsia Frieze Made for Gioanna da Piacenza's camerino. (Convent of S. Paolo, Parma).
Western art unattributed:
42. Gioanna da Piacenza's Coat of Arms with the Letters IOPL Situated above the Entrance Door to the camerino. (Convent of S. Paolo, Parma).
Western art unattributed:
43. Greek Inscription from the Intarsia Frieze Made for Gioanna da Piacenza's camerino. (Convent of S. Paolo, Parma).
Article
A Drawing of Erasmus on His Deathbed Attributed to Hans Baldung Grien
03/1990 | 1044 | 132
Pages: 187-194
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Author:
Müller, Christian (Müller, Christian)
Subjects
artists:
Baldung, Hans
dates:
1500-1599
places:
England / Germany
subjects:
German painting / Drawings / Attributions
subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. Portrait of the Dead Erasmus of Rotterdam, Here Attributed to Hans Baldung Grien, Photographed under Ultra-Violet Light. Silverpoint on Yellow Prepared Paper, 14 by 14.2 cm. (Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel).
Attributed works:
29. Panchromatic Photograph of Fig.28. [Portrait of the Dead Erasmus of Rotterdam, Here Attributed to Hans Baldung Grien, Photographed under Ultra-Violet Light. Silverpoint on Yellow Prepared Paper, 14 by 14.2 cm. (Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel).]
Attributed works:
30. Detail of a Design for a Glass Painting on the Verso of Fig.28. Silverpoint on Yellow Prepared Paper.
Attributed works:
31. Erasmus of Rotterdam, by Hans Holbein the Younger. 1530-32. Tempera on Lindenwood, 10 cm. Diameter. (Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel).
Attributed works:
32. Erasmus of Rotterdam, by Albrecht Dürer. 1520. Charcoal on Paper, 37.3 by 27.1 cm. (Louvre, Paris).
Attributed works:
33. Portrait of Caspar Hedio, by Hans Baldung Grien. 1543. Silverpoint on Yellow Prepared Paper, from the Karlsruhe Sketchbook, 20.3 by 15 cm. (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe).
Attributed works:
34. Study of Clothing and a Hand, by Hans Baldung Grien, Photographed under Ultra-Violet Light. Silverpoint on White Prepared Paper, 14.9 by 9.8 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).
Attributed works:
35. Head of a Sick Young Girl, by Hans Baldung Grien. Silverpoint on White Prepared Paper, from the Karlsruhe Sketchbook, 20.3 by 15 cm. (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe).
Attributed works:
36. Detail of the Inscription in Fig.37. [Portrait of Hans Jacob von Morsperg, by Hans Baldung Grien. 1525. Tempera on Lindenwood, 68.4 by 49.7 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).]
Attributed works:
37. Portrait of Hans Jacob von Morsperg, by Hans Baldung Grien. 1525. Tempera on Lindenwood, 68.4 by 49.7 cm. (Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart).
Attributed works:
39. Design for a Glass Painting, by Hans Baldung Grien. Silverpoint on White Prepared Paper, from the Karlsruhe Sketchbook, 20.3 by 15 cm. (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe).
Western art unattributed:
38. Portrait of the Dead Erasmus of Rotterdam, by an Unknown Artist. Black Chalk on Brownish Paper, 13.9 by 12.8 cm. (Teylers Museum, Haarlem).
Short Notice
A Postscript to Matsys
07/1979 | 916 | 121
Pages: 434+437
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Author:
Trapp, J. B. (Trapp, J. B.)
Subjects
artists:
Metsys, Quinten
buildings:
Radnor Collection, Longford Castle, Wiltshire, Great Britain
dates:
1500-1549
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
places:
England / Netherlands
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Conservation
subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
Gilles, Pierre, 1486-1533
Article
Quentin Matsys, Desiderius Erasmus, Pieter Gillis and Thomas More
11/1978 | 908 | 120
Pages: 716-725
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Author:
Campbell, Lorne (Campbell, Lorne; C., L.)
Author:
Phillips, Margaret Mann (Phillips, Margaret Mann)
Author:
Schulte Herbrüggen, Hubertus (Schulte Herbrüggen, Hubertus; Herbrüggen, Hubertus Schulte)
Author:
Trapp, J. B. (Trapp, J. B.)
Subjects
artists:
Metsys, Quinten
dates:
1450-1549
dates:
1500-1549
places:
England / Netherlands
sources:
Erasmus, Desiderius
sources:
More, Thomas, Sir, 1478-1535
sources:
Gilles, Pierre, 1486-1533
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Sources
subjects:
Portraits / Documents
subjects:
Art in literature / Poetry
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Desiderius Erasmus, by Quentin Matsys. Infra-Red Photograph [of Fig. 3], by Courtesy of the Courtauld Institute. (Royal Collection, Hampton Court). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
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3. Desiderius Erasmus, by Quentin Matsys. 1517. Panel, 50.3 by 45 cm. (Royal Collection, Hampton Court). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H. M. the Queen.
Attributed works:
4. Detail from Pieter Gillis, by Quentin Matsys. 1517. Panel, 76.6 by 52.2 cm. (Collection The Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle).
Attributed works:
5. Desiderius Erasmus, Attributed to Quentin Matsys. Panel Transferred to Canvas, 58.4 by 46.1 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
Attributed works:
6 Pieter Gillis, by Quentin Matsys, Showing Additions.
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7. Pieter Gillis, after Quentin Matsys. Panel, 59 by 46 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp).
Attributed works:
8. Details from Gillis [Fig. 4] and Erasmus [Fig. 3], by Quentin Matsys. (The Earl of Radnor and Hampton Court.) (Photo Warburg Institute).
Attributed works:
9. Detail from Desiderius Erasmus [Fig. 3] (Hampton Court), by Quentin Matsys, Showing the Paraphrase of Romans.
Book Review
Erasme et la peinture flamande de son temps
03/1956 | 636 | 98
Pages: 94
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Reviewer:
Legrand, Francine-Claire (Legrand, Francine-Claire; Legrand, F. C.)
Subjects
artists:
Metsys, Quinten
artists:
Gossaert, Jan
dates:
1500-1549
places:
Netherlands
subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Literature / Influence
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Erasme et la peinture flamande de son temps | author: Marlier, Georges
Article
Holbein, Flemish Paintings and Everhard Jabach [Appendix I - Rubens' and Van Dyck's 'Bacchanals' after Titian; Appendix II - Holbein's 'Erasmus' in the Louvre]
01/1951 | 574 | 93
Pages: 16-25
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Author:
Grossmann, Fritz (Grossmann, Fritz)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
artists:
Dyck, Anthony van
artists:
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
artists:
Titian
collectors and dealers:
Jabach, Everhard, 1618-1695
collectors and dealers:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
collectors and dealers:
Howard, Thomas, Second Earl of Arundel, 1585-1646
dates:
1600-1699
places:
Netherlands / Germany / Flanders
places:
France / Paris
places:
England
subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
Portraits
subjects:
Bacchanals
subjects:
Classical mythology / Copies / Versions / Bacchus
subjects:
Collections, Private / Inventories / Provenance
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Flemish painting / German painting / Drawings
subjects:
Collectors / Biographies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Portrait of Johannes Frobenius, by Hans Holbein. Boxwood, Diameter 10.5 cm. (Including Original Frame). Formerly in the Jabach Collection. (Sir Thomas Merton, Maidenhead.)
Attributed works:
15. Portrait of Hans von Zurich, by Wenceslaus Hollar. Drawing after a Painting by Hans Holbein, Formerly in the Arundel and Jabach Collections. Pen and ink, 20.4 and 17 cm. (Hollareum, Prague.)
Attributed works:
16. St Jerome, by Crispin van de Passe I, 1606. Engraving after a Painting in the Collection of Everhard Jabach the Elder. (Photograph Warburg Institute.)
Attributed works:
17. Portrait of Edward VI as a Child, after Holbein. Panel, 129.5 by 73.7 cm. (Duke of Northumberland, Syon House.) By Courtesy of Country Life.
Attributed works:
20. Portrait of Everhard Jabach, by Van Dyck. Canvas, 116 by 93 cm. (Hermitage, Leningrad.)
Article
Holbein's Illustrations to the "Praise of Folly" by Erasmus
11/1943 | 488 | 83
Pages: 274-279
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Author:
Saxl, Fritz (Saxl, Fritz; Saxl, F.; Saxl)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543
dates:
1500-1549
places:
England
sources:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius
subjects:
German painting / Illustrated books
subjects:
Woodcuts / Allegories
subjects:
Classical mythology
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. B-"Feast of Bacchus." By Giovanni Bellini. Detail. (J. Widener Collection, Philadelphia). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate I. F-Woman Offering a Candle to the Virgin. From the Encomium. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
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Plate I. G-A Philosopher Stepping over Thorns. From the Encomium. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
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Plate II. A-A Pious Man Distributing His Wealth among the Poor. From the Encomium. (Enlarged). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate II. B, C-The Fool and the Mirror; The Fool and His Puppet. From the Encomium. (Enlarged). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate II. D, E-The Fool and the Mirror; The Fool and His Bauble. From S. Brant's "Ship of Fools." (Detail). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate II. G-The Same Subject as F, from the Holbein-Table in Zürich. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate III. A-Luther as "Hercules Germanicus." Woodcut by Holbein. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate III. B-Niobe and Her Children. From the Encomium. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate III. C-The Constellation "Hercules." From the Villa Farnesina in Rome. By Peruzzi. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate III. D-The Birth of Pallas. From the Encomium. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Attributed works:
Plate III. E-S. Benedict Grasping a Flask of Oil Instead of the Bottle of Wine. A Page from the Encomium. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Socrates "Cultivant Son Jardin." (Ms. Balliol Coll. 238 Fol. 72v.). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. C, D-Pythagoras and Socrates; Milon of Croton Devouring an Ox in a Day. (Ms. Balliol Coll. 238 Fol. 27r; 26r.). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. E - The Constellations "Whale" and "Eridanus" (Ms. Lat. Monac. 59 Fol. 235r.). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. H-The Constellation of the "Drill" and the Beaver Pouring Water over the Ark of the Covenant. (Ms. Tuebingen d.2 Fol. 319r.). Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. F-The Sleeping Merchant and the Monkeys. From a Royal Ms. in the British Museum (10. E. IV. Fol. 149r.); Fourteenth Century. Written in Italy, Illuminated in England. Holbein's Illustrations to the Praise of Folly by Erasmus
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